Rohilla Minakshi, siwatch Sujata, Abbas Malik Muneer, Muthyala Tanuja, Samujh Ram, Kannan Narasimhan, Fetal Abdominal Cystic Lesion: A Diagnostic Dilemma and Prognostic Challenge-Report of Two Cases of Mesentric Lymphangioma with Review of Literature, Journal of Women's Reproductive Health, Volume 2, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 1-6, ISSN 2381-862X, https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-21-3708.
(https://oap-researcharticles.org/jwrh/article/1586)
Abstract: Fetal mesentric lymphangioma, a congenital fetal abdominal cystic malformation has a rare occurrence. Antenatal detection, its differential diagnosis, prenatal management options and parental counseling regarding postnatal prognosis of such a case are thus rarely discussed. We report two cases of antenatally detected fetal cystic abdominal mass with a provisional diagnosis of abdominal lymphangioma. Postnatally one of the neonates developed features of intestinal obstruction and required surgical intervention. Intra-operative findings and histopathology report confirmed a mesentric lymphangioma. The other neonate had associated subcutaneous lymphangiectasia in left lumbar region, left sided inguinal hernia, undescended testes and was asymptomatic postnatally and managed conservatively.
Keywords: Fetal abdominal cyst; Lymphangioma; subcutaneous lymphangiectasia.